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If you access Tidal directly via the Node's app and are using its analog outputs (and hence its internal DAC) you will achieve full hi-res MQA decoding. If you are using its digital output to an external DAC then the Node only provides the first MQA unfold (MQA Core) and your DAC can then either play that directly or if able to function as an MQA renderer perform the final unfold to give you fully decoded hi-res MQA. Hope this helps, it can be confusing and hopefully my explanation didn't make it even more so!